Blythe Danner
Blythe Danner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Katharine (Kile) and Harry Earl Danner, a bank executive. She has German, as well as English and Irish, ancestry. Danner studied acting and got her degree from Bard College and began her career in Boston theater companies. By 25, she won the Theater World Award for her work in Molière's "The Miser", at Lincoln Center. She also won the 1970 Tony award for her role in "Butterflies Are Free". She made her film premiere in the same year in the television production of Dr. Cook's Garden (1971). For 25 years, she has been a regular performer at the Williamstown Summer Theater Festival. She has also been nominated for Tonys for performances in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Betrayal". Married to director Bruce Paltrow, she is the mother of two acting children, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Paltrow.
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Spouse (1) Bruce Paltrow (14 December 1969 - 3 October 2002) (his death) (2 children) Gwyneth Paltrow (27 September 1972) and Jake Paltrow (26 September 1975)
Trade Mark (3) 1. Husky voice 2. Often plays rich, sophisticated women, usually socialite or intellectual types 3. Frequently works with Woody Allen
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| Full name at birth | Blythe Katherine Danner
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| Claim to fame | her roles as Izzy Huffstodt in the Showtime comedy-drama series Huff, Mrs. Baker in the Broadway production of the play Butterflies Are Free, Martha Jefferson in the 1972 musical drama film 1776, Marilyn Truman in the Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated NBC sitcom series Will and Grace, and Dina Byrnes in the Meet the Parents film trilogy
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| Date of birth | 3 February 1943
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| Place of birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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| Occupation | Actress
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| Height | 5' 7" (170 cm)
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| Weight | 132 lbs (60 kg)
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| Shoe size | 9
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| Net worth | $45,000,000 USD
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| High school | George School, Newton, Pennsylvania, USA
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| University | Bard College (1965)
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- In the past, Blythe was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, which is a rare form of oral cancer. In November 2022, she revealed that she was in remission. She also revealed that her late husband, Bruce, also had the same cancer.
- She has disclosed that like her character in the film I’ll See You In My Dreams, she has also been happy being alone. Blythe has felt blessed to have loved her own company. She has added that she is quite a loner, having had friends, but never been a social bug. She has found out the list of books she has to read.
- Blythe has co-starred with her daughter in a number of movies including Cruel Doubt (1992) and Sylvia (2003).
- Danner has noticed that she has started to see life very differently after turning 70, having wondered how big the tree would grow and if she would see her granddaughter graduate from high school. Blythe has recalled having lacked confidence all her life. She would always find that she felt better and more fully who she was when she would be a character on stage than in real life. She has revealed that with age, however, she has become more comfortable in her womanhood and has found it fascinating to have eventually felt grown up.
- She has been delighted to notice that there is no dearth of rich women roles on Broadway. She has cherished doing such roles as in The Country House where her part had been wonderful and three-dimensional where she had to essay the gamut of emotions from heartbreaking to hilarious.
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